AC/DC Evans Slates Hall Of Fame For Act Of Shame

Early-era AC/DC bassist Mark Evans is still angry that he was invited to attend the band's induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame and was then uninvited.
He joined the band in 1975 and remained for most of their time with Bon Scott, appearing on their first five albums.
But after naming him as a "foundation inductee" in 2002, the Hall of Fame changed their minds and left him out of their list of past and present inducted members.
Now he says organisers made a mistake in inviting him and they should have apologised for it, rather than trying to cover their error by claiming the situation had changed.
Evans writes in his autobiography, "Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside Of AC/DC": "At first the Hall of Fame was full of positive signs: I was given dates, details of the induction at the Waldorf Astoria, the arrangements to be made."
"But then the temperature turned chilly. When we did get a reply, it was simply to announce that the Hall of Fame had seen fit to review the nomination and had come to the conclusion that I didn't qualify. I was out."
Evans says he's not upset about not being included: "In the AC/DC timeline I was there for only a brief time an important time, in my opinion, but a heartbeat by comparison with Cliff Williams' thirty-year-plus tenure."
"What I found galling was the Hall of Fame's attitude. If a mistake was made, fine, then they should have dealt with it."
"A simple apology or at least an explanation would have been appreciated."
Thanks for the report to RockNewsDesk.com.

Cliff Williams has obviously had a longer tenure with the band, but Mark Evans' bass parts are actually pretty prominent in some of the band's earlier works. His work my not be as noticeable, but he definitely did deserve to be acknowledged for his role.

5 albums with Bon Scottn and AC/DC? Yeah, I think he's more than qualified to be inducted. Shame. Just goes to show you what a crock a shit it is to even be associated with the rock n roll hall of fame.

i had thought that every band member who played on an album was eligible to be inducted with the band.
hence, jason newsted being inducted with metallica, but not dave mustaine.
oh well, it's a pretty pointless institution anyway.

I don't pay any attention to the 'R&R Hall of fame' anyway. In my opinion they have made themselves completely irrelevant. They exclude acts like Rush who really should be in and include acts like Donavan who is nowhere near Rock and Roll.

he was there when it all began and to he 5 cd's under his belt that alone gave him the right to be up there with them ,his name is on the cd's as the bass player on each cd so what the hell going on with those dumb ass's -----I SAY GIVE THEM HELL

As a Clevelander, I'm ashamed sometimes at the HOF. We have very few things to champion in this city, and these *****s have been messing this up from the go. I don't care for Rush or Kiss, but for Effs sake, put them in - they're deserving and long overdue. If they keep stuff like this up, they won't be around much longer.

vikkyvik wrote:
i had thought that every band member who played on an album was eligible to be inducted with the band.
hence, jason newsted being inducted with metallica, but not dave mustaine.
oh well, it's a pretty pointless institution anyway.

Eddie Trunk if you're reading this, set up a charity concert with all the bands that should be in the hall of fame, Rush Maiden, Deep Purple, Motorhead, ect and the proceeds go to making a new hall of fame. One that is actually Rock and Metal not rock pop rap country and 7 other genres

Eddie Trunk if you're reading this, set up a charity concert with all the bands that should be in the hall of fame, Rush Maiden, Deep Purple, Motorhead, ect and the proceeds go to making a new hall of fame. One that is actually Rock and Metal not rock pop rap country and 7 other genres

Ok the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame needs work, we all know this. But if it's just Rock and Metal, we wouldn't have Metal. Rock musicians are influenced by folk, country, and r and b. Give it a break. I hate RRHF, but seriously, these are important genres to rock.

Sure, he was only in AC/DC for a couple of years, but he did play on several albums. Songs with Evans include Long Way to the Top, TNT, High Voltage, Dirty Deeds, Jailbreak, Let There Be Rock... In other words, some of their best stuff. Pretty appalling that they would uninvite him like that.

in the words of the sex pistols, the rock n roll hall of fame is a "piss stain" And I feel the same about the grammys. Evans has a real legacy in the music he made, if some board of directors in suits decide to snub him it means absolute zero.